Local Environmental Sustainability

Author: Buckingham   S;Theobald   K  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2003

E-ISBN: 9781855738591

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781855736856

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9781855736856

Subject: X Environmental Science, Safety Science

Language: ENG

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Description

The importance of local programmes in driving sustainable development has been enshrined in Local Agenda 21, arguably the most influential output of the 1992 Rio 'Earth' Summit. Its importance has been reiterated more recently by the Johannesburg Summit in 2002.

Local Environmental Sustainability sets the context for local environmental sustainability and, in particular, considers how local government can promote sustainable development by building partnerships with different groups and organisations in the local community. Using case studies, individual chapters focus on different types of regional and local initiatives, the partnerships that have made them possible, and the key issues in making them effective.

Local Environmental Sustainability provides a blueprint for both local governments and local communities to work together effectively for a more sustainable future.

  • An important new study focusing on the links between local environmental initiatives and the provision of sustainable services
  • Includes case studies showing how local government initiatives can work in the community
  • Considers the relationship between local programmes and the implementation of Local Agenda 21

Chapter

Front Cover

pp.:  1 – 4

Copyright Page

pp.:  5 – 6

Table of Contents

pp.:  6 – 10

Chapter 2. Skeletal frameworks: Regional Sustainable Development Frameworks and the issue of climate change

pp.:  27 – 55

Chapter 3. Making the wrecker seem not all malevolent: re- regulating the UK's china clay mining industry

pp.:  55 – 83

Chapter 4. Local Agenda 21 and the shift to 'soft governance'

pp.:  83 – 102

Chapter 5. Combating social exclusion: focus groups, local empowerment and development: a Preston case study

pp.:  102 – 123

Chapter 6. Retailing and sustainability: exploring connections using the example of a local town market

pp.:  123 – 147

Chapter 7. Waste minimisation strategies

pp.:  147 – 178

Chapter 8. Trading places: geography and the role of Local Exchange Trading Schemes in local sustainable development

pp.:  178 – 204

Chapter 9. Allotments and community gardens: a DIY approach to environmental sustainability

pp.:  204 – 222

Chapter 10. Local economies, trade and global sustainability

pp.:  222 – 244

Chapter 11. Inequality and community: the missing dimensions of sustainable development

pp.:  244 – 260

Index

pp.:  260 – 264

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